Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
(AP) 13 people killed in shooting spree in SerbiaBy JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVICAssociated PressVELIKA IVANCA, SerbiaA 60-year-old veteran gunned down 13 people in Serbia, including a baby, in a pre-dawn house-to-house rampage Tuesday before trying to kill himself and
In his tribute to the late former Prime Minister of Great Britain Margaret Thatcher, conservative host Rush Limbaugh said: Some people call it a coincidence — I think it’s more than that — that at the same time in the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com North Korea pulls its 53,000 workers out of industrial complex Greece is in negotiations again for next bailout payment Greece may demand 162 billion euros in WW II reparations from Germany Syria redeploys soldiers
Secretary of State John Kerry, echoing the old anti-Israel canard that peace in the Middle East is dependent on a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, expanded that idea to the rest of the world as he told reporters in Jerusalem
A report released on the eve of Yom HaShoah, the day Jews mark the deaths of the 6 million victims of the Holocaust, states that anti-semitic attacks and incidents around the world spiked in 2012. The report asserted that violence
(AP) – Pakistan’s top court on Monday ordered former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf to respond to allegations that he committed treason while in power and barred him from leaving the country. The Supreme Court acted in response to private
(AFP) – Around 200 Christian, Muslim Shiite and Ahmadiyah leaders protested in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday against growing religious intolerance in the Sunni Muslim-majority country. The rally of minority groups followed the demolition of a church and the
(AP) Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spreadBERLINThese thieves might really have sticky fingers. Police said Monday an unknown number of culprits made off with 5 metric tons (5.5 tons) of Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread from a parked trailer in
Baroness Thatcher died this morning following a stroke, her spokesman Lord Bell said. Lord Bell said: “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning. The
On Wednesday, the Journal of Conflict Resolution at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law will bestow an award on former president Jimmy Carter. The award, chosen by the students who run the journal, has stirred intense controversy at the historically
Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks was on Monday to publish more than 1.7 million US diplomatic and intelligence documents from the 1970s, founder Julian Assange revealed. The website has collated a variety of records including cables, intelligence reports and congressional correspondence and
Hamas security forces in Gaza have been rounding up young men and forcing them to get haircuts on grounds of inappropriate hairstyles, a rights group has charged. Some of the youths have even been beaten for styling their hair in
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday welcomed a US decision to delay the test of an international ballistic missile to avoid stoking tensions with North Korea.
Speaking with Turkey’s leaders on April 7, Secretary of State John Kerry begged them to restore diplomatic ties with Israel. However, Turkish leaders said they will not do so until Israel ends “all commercial restrictions against the Palestinians.” This position
U.S. diplomat Anne Smedinghoff was killed over the weekend when a suicide bomber struck the convoy in which she was riding in Afghanistan. According to reports, Smedinghoff enjoyed a “relatively safe” existence at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, but was
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Muslim vs Coptic Christian clashes in Egypt grow in intensity U.S. delays missile test, while North Korea prepares for one China’s Xi Jinping apparently criticizes North Korea Portugal is about to be the next
(AP) Israel begins annual Holocaust memorial dayBy ARON HELLERAssociated PressJERUSALEM Israel dedicated its annual memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust to mark 70 years to the Warsaw ghetto uprising, a symbol of Jewish resistance against
Seven hundred retired Military Special Operations professionals from the organization “Special Operations Speaks” sent a letter to the House of Representatives urging members to support H.Res 36, which will create a House Select Committee to investigate last September’s deadly terrorist
(AP) Report: Anti-Semitic incidents surged in 2012By ARIEL DAVIDAssociated PressTEL AVIV, Israel Israeli researchers warned Sunday of a sudden upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks, topped by a deadly school shooting in France, noting a link to the rise of extremist parties
A U.S. Army training instructor giving a training brief on “extremism” to an Army Reserve unit in Pennsylvania has labeled Evangelical Christianity and Roman Catholicism as examples of religious extremism right alongside Al Qaeda. In addition to Al Qaeda, the
(AP) 11 killed in central Nigeria village attacksJOS, NigeriaOfficials in central Nigeria say at least 11 people have been killed in ongoing fighting between Christian and Muslim villagers in the region. The attacks centered around the volatile city of Jos,
On April 6 the six nation talks with Iran ended with no progress regarding Iran’s nuclear program. The U.S., Russia, China, Germany, France, and Britain took part in two days of talks in Almaty in hopes of reaching an agreement
Israel’s strategic affairs minister on Sunday called on the international community to slap Iran with a firm ultimatum of “a few weeks, a month” to stop enriching uranium or face a possible military strike. Speaking to army radio, Yuval Steinitz,
North Korea is showing no signs of gearing up for “all-out conflict” by repositioning its armed forces, despite tensions on the Korean peninsula, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Sunday.
A trove of data obtained by a US-based journalists’ group that details thousands of offshore accounts reveals several instances of swindles and other financial crimes, The Washington Post newspaper reported Sunday. Among the 4,000 US individuals listed in the records,
